Results 28,021-28,040 of 34,778 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. One of the reasons Rehab is before this committee is because we are also examining CRC and several other organisations in the charity sector under the section 39 agreements. People want to have confidence in the governance practices of these organisations. Rehab is taking steps to improve its governance. Rehab is not required to pay corporation tax or profits tax in Ireland...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: However, Rehab's auditors charged €72,000 for tax advisory services.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: I will clarify my observation. Rehab paid €74,000 in corporation tax in respect of the Polish branch of Rehab Enterprises Ireland. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: It paid no tax in Ireland.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: Why did it pay its auditors €72,000 for tax advisory services, as set out on page 16, given that it is exempt from corporation tax in Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Poole told the committee that 15 organisations are registered with the charities commission in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK. Do they not have charitable status?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: Is Mr. Poole saying this advice was to help the company avoid paying too much VAT?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Poole told the committee that Rehab had 15 entities registered in Ireland. Rehab's website outlines its registered charity number, which is CHY4940. How many Rehab companies have individual charity numbers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: I am looking at the chart.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: How many companies in the group are registered as charities with charity numbers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: I am happy for Mr. Poole to forward it to the committee. He is satisfied that he complies with all the issues raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: I do not intend to encroach on the data protection legislation but, in regard to the information we have not been given on people who will be receiving payments from Rehab in coming years, I will be insisting that the HSE seek this information when it is negotiating with the organisation under the section 39 agreement. I will chastise the HSE and other State organisations if they hand over...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: An obstacle was created to today's discussion in respect of data protection. I am simply saying that the HSE and Rehab will have to work out an arrangement so that there is no lacuna of information if the taxpayer gives the organisation €95 million in 2014.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: I welcome the gentlemen. It is a long day and a new experience for them, and it is difficult from that point of view. Deputy Nash mentioned the issue of payments to Laragh Consulting and Mr. Frank Flannery. I am grateful for the chart of the payments to Mr. Flannery and Laragh Consulting dating back over the past seven years that the witnesses gave us at the beginning of the meeting. In...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: The 2013 payments were to Mr. Flannery.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: The 2012 payments were to Laragh Consulting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: According to the chart Rehab gave the committee today, the figure for 2012 is €66,000 and for 2011 it is €51,000. I want to ask specifically about that figure. I am looking at the audited accounts Rehab presented to the committee today. On page 39, note 26 states that there were consultancy services to the value of €66,000 for 2012. In 2011, it was €11,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: Sorry, I missed that point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: I will move on from that. I am happy with that. I just spotted it when coming in. On the Rehab Group, I want to refresh where we are at as the Committee of Public Accounts and where the public is at. Up to now, the general understanding of the position with the Rehab Group, and the figure we quoted at all previous meetings, was that it was in receipt of State income in the order of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Seán Fleming: It will be most significant to the people that the accounts give a geographical breakdown of Rehab's turnover. Of the turnover of approximately €183 million, according to page 16 of Rehab's accounts, €118.363 million is in the Republic of Ireland. Is Mr. Poole happy with that figure?